GitHub
Social Impact
The Social Impact team empowers nonprofits and the greater social sector to drive positive and lasting contributions to the world with GitHub products, our brand, and our employees.
How we’re making a difference
Our work
Tech for Social
Good
Tech for Social Good leverages GitHub’s platform and products, community and people to strengthen the social sector’s efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Its major programs focus on research, community building, and Skills-Based Volunteering.
Learn more![Three community health workers outside of a health facility near Accra, Ghana](/web/20210912210043im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/github-gives.jpg)
Employee Giving
Employee Giving leverages the power of employee charitable donations, volunteerism, and mentorship to help social sector partners reach those in need.
![people volunteering](/web/20210912210043im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/volunteering.jpg)
Volunteering
GitHub employees love to volunteer virtually and in their local communities. Every hour that employees volunteer, they will receive a $20 credit to donate to a nonprofit of their choice, up to $15,000.
![a volunteer shoveling](/web/20210912210043im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/donations.jpg)
Matching
When an employee donates to a nonprofit that they care about, be it human rights or climate change organizations, we match each donation dollar for dollar, up to $15,000.
![a donation box](/web/20210912210043im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/donate.jpg)
GitHub Gives
GitHub employees participate each December in our giving campaign to raise funds for our local communities. In 2020, as a company, we raised over $2 million for nonprofits around the world.
Latest insights
The MERL Center website is now live!
Nearly two years ago, we started the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL) Center as a community...
The Epidemiologist R Handbook, a new open source public health resource
Epidemiologists around the world have come together to create the Epidemiology R Handbook, which is hosted on GitHub.
Removing Barriers with Code Tenderloin
For nearly six years, GitHub has worked together with Code Tenderloin on a mission to educate and empower students in tech.
![two people working together on computers](/web/20210912210043im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/two-people-working.jpg)
Engagement Opportunities
Participate in our Open Source Software research project
We need your help! We’re looking for participants who have experience with open source software in India, Kenya, Egypt and Mexico.
Learn moreRequest for Proposals - Defining Standardized GitHub Metrics
The GitHub Social Impact and Policy teams are issuing an RFP for a researcher to define a list of publicly available GitHub platform usage metrics by country for international development, public policy and economics disciplines. Apply by October 4, 2021.
Download the RFPSign up for a non-profit account on us.
GitHub non-profit accounts are designed for official non-profit organizations that are non-government, non-academic, non-commercial, non-political in nature, and have no religious affiliation. Qualifying non-profits are eligible for a Team account with unlimited private repositories and unlimited users.
Request a free Team plan Not a nonprofit? Submit a request for your social good project, and we’ll let you know if you qualify for a discount.![Three community health workers on a computer](/web/20210912210043im_/https://socialimpact.github.com/assets/img/direction/get-started.jpg)